Investigating the Control by Quantum Confinement and Surface Ligand Coating of Photocatalytic Efficiency in Chalcopyrite Copper Indium Diselenide Nanocrystals

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1107-1120

  Jana, Atanu ^a,d   Lawrence, Katie N ^a   Teunis, Meghan B ^a   Mandal, Manik ^b   Kumbhar, Amar ^c   Sardar, Rajesh ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; COPPER; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; INDIUM; LIGANDS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; INNER-SPHERE ELECTRON TRANSFERS; LIGAND EXCHANGE REACTIONS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; THERMODYNAMIC DRIVING FORCES;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84959036394     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04521     Document Type: Article

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